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Independent MP Dai Le, who represents the electorate of Fowler in Sydney’s outer southwest, condemned the “total destruction and killing of innocent lives” in the Middle East.

Speaking on Nine’s Today Show this morning, and said she was well aware of the sorrows of war as after surviving the Vietnam War.

Here’s what she said about the Israel-Hamas conflict:

As a daughter of an escaped war-torn Vietnam I know too well the sorrows of war and I think that the atrocities that we are seeing, of course everybody in parliament condemned the Hamas attack … but I think what people are subsequently seeing is the total destruction and killing of innocent lives.

I will echo the Prime Minister’s line which is every single life matters, whether it is Israelis or Palestinian…”

She said the situation was complex, and said Australia should be an example of a united nation.

“We need to stand for peace. Because we cannot stand by and watch,” she said.

The MP also took to social media and reached out to her community in Fowler, which she said was one of the most culturally diverse communities in the country.

“We are multilingual, multi-culture and multi-faith and have embraced each other’s differences and live side by side in harmony,” she wrote on Facebook.

“Many of you have fled war torn countries, and escaped tyrannical regimes. I know that many of you are distressed, heartbroken, and are triggered by what you see on social media, and other media outlets. I’m with you.”